Swinging Doors (song)

"Swinging Doors"
Single by Merle Haggard
from the album Swinging Doors
Released February 28, 1966
Format 7"
Genre Country
Length 2:51
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Merle Haggard
Producer Ken Nelson
Fuzzy Owen
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can"
(1965)		 "Swinging Doors"
(1966)		 "The Bottle Let Me Down"
(1966)

"Swinging Doors" is the title of a song written and recorded by Merle Haggard. The single peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles.[1]

Content

The narrator has been kicked out by his woman and he tells her not to worry because he has what he needs now at his new home, the honky tonk.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1966) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 5

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 146. 
  2. ^ Randall, Alice; Carter Little, Courtney Little (2006). My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson, Inc.. pp. 92. ISBN 1595558608.